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...between two very different cultures at the same time. Consequently, it is normal to be very skeptical when a studio concentrates its publicity efforts on the "grandeur" of one of its projects. We aren't told about the quality of the acting performances or the superb writing of the script. No, all the information disseminated is that Anna is epic in it's sweep and scope. The directing may be poor and sloppy, but the five thousand costumes built from scratch look really, really nice. The acting may be flat and wooden, but the studio employed enough elephants and horses...
...group's players don't use a script for their shows, instead relying on suggestions from the audience to fuel their zany and wacky skits...
...think the creative team behind the Austin Powers sequel had a script. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing--it just means that the movie needs to be awfully funny to counteract the lack of structure, story, meaning, logic, etc. And somehow, The Spy Who Shagged Me manages to be charming--even though making Elizabeth Hurley a fembot was idiotic, even though Heather Graham should have never opened her mouth, and even though the movie should have been called Dr. Evil 2: Austin Powers Has a Cameo. Myers has a knack for improvisation--and for taking a joke...
...film like this would come out of the Hollywood system, which thrives on crafting screenplays in board rooms and ensuring that movies don't get made that haven't been made before. This film, as the not-insignificant buzz has touted, is a miraculously untouched one -- from the script's first charmed appearance on the Hollywood scene (it won over Steven Spielberg, for one) to its realization in film...
...director Sam Mendes, fresh from such theatrical triumphs as the Broadway revival of "Cabaret" and the acclaimed roundelay "The Blue Room." Mendes, working on film for the first time, is extraordinarily self-assured, inspired both with his actors and, more impressively, his camera eye. Fittingly, since the script praises the hidden beauties of the world, this is itself a deeply beautiful film. Its static compositions by Conrad Hall are overloaded with vibrant colors and symmetries that make you almost want to cry. On the surface, Mendes has packed a great deal into this movie, and he maneuvers like...